A postal voting agent is allowed to attend and observe postal vote opening sessions, which are run by the Constituency Returning Officer (CRO).
At each opening session the CRO will decide whether or not the date of birth and signature provided by electors on their postal voting statements match the signature and date of birth previously provided and held on their records. If there is a mismatch, the postal vote will be rejected.
A postal voting agent has a right to observe, but not to interfere with, this process. A postal voting agent can, however, object to the decision of a CRO to reject a postal vote.1
It will not affect the CRO's decision, but the CRO will record any objections by marking the postal voting statement with the words rejection objected to.
The CRO will explain the postal vote opening process es to you and may issue you with information on the procedures to be followed, including instructions on what people attending an opening session can and cannot do. You should comply with any instructions that the CRO has given.